Los Angeles County / Regional Planning Department / Biologist
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employees hold this title in Regional Planning Department. Median total compensation for the role is $125,968, below the department median of $170,444.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Biological Scientists, All Other — about 2,320 people — is $96,380. Regional Planning Department pays a median base salary of $73,172 for this role, 24% below that figure — about the 20th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Biological Scientists, All Other across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Regional Planning Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Biological Scientists, All Other — about 55,850 people — is $98,920. Regional Planning Department’s median base salary is 26% below that national figure, about the 22nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Regional Planning Department is $125,968, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Biologist is held in 2 Los Angeles County departments. In Regional Planning Department, the median of $125,968 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Biologist role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. See Biologist across all of Los Angeles County →
Median total compensation for comparable Biologist roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
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Biologist/Regional Planning Department
Karla Moreno works as a Biologist for Regional Planning Department. Karla earned $125,968 in 2025.